Detachable holder



April 23, 1929; r LEFEBVRE 1,710,457

DETACHABLE HOLDER Filed Jan. 26. 1928 Fatented Apr. 23, 1929. I

GEORGE LEFEBVRE, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE HOLDER.

Application filed January 26, 1928. Serial No. 249,578.

This invention; relates to quickly detachbent at each end 20 and 21 inwardly to form able supporting devices andespecially to claws 22 and 28 which when. the middle part Window shade holderssuch as are used to 19 is straight are substantially parallel with support the trunnion on each. end of a roller each other and terminate in points 24 and 25,

window shade. which under such conditions point substanlits purpose is to provide such a holder tially towards each other. which can be quicklysprung or snapped on Near the middle part, out or stamped from to the wooden casing around a window or the metal at 26 is a shade bracket F bent outdoor, or on to a chair rail or a closet rail, wardly and having near its free end a pasand Which has claws which fit into tee wood sage 30 for a trunnion such as 2 for a shade and. keep the holder in place. roller. 2 65 My device can be easily and cheaply made As shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, as it can be stamped from a single sheet of this bracket being elastic will give to acelastic metal. commodate rollers o1 different lengths. 29

It is a greatadvantage of my device when is a lifting tab stamped'irom the metal.

used as a window shade hanger that it can In Fig. 4, I show a bracket G which is 70 be instantly snapped on or oil the sides inbent out at substantially right angles. stead of the top of a window casing, and its In Fig. 5, I show how by a slight modificlaws will hold it firmly in any position and cation, my device can be used as a coat hook, that its shade bracket is so elastic that shades brush hook or for any purpose where a supof different lengths can be supported beporting projection is desired. H represents 75 tween the same two brackets. a chair rail or a rail such as is used in closets In the drawings, Fig. 1 isan elevation of of Oblong cross section, having front 40, a windowor door casing with my'prelferred back 41 attached to wall 42, top 43, and hot- 2 f- ."-1" to44 I 0 mm 01 cevice in place. In

Fig. 2 18 a sectional view looking down on K is my holder made of elastle sheet metal 80 line 22 of Fig. 1. bowed out at 50 and having at each end, the

Fig. 3 is a plan view of my device before curved prongs or claws 51 and 52 which attaching. point substantially towards each other. 53 Fig. 4 is a view similar to Flg. 2 of a 1s a supporting pro ect1on preferably odification, stamped out of the material and bent to 5 Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional elevation form a hook.

of a chair rail with a modification of my de- In F ig. 6, I show a holder L bowed at 60,

vice in place. and with claws 61 and 62 while 63 and 64-- y Fig. 6 is a plan View of another modificaare curved arms which extend out therefrom tion in place. so formed that they will receive and fric- 90 Fig. 7 is an elevation shown on a reduced tionally hold an article like a brush having scale of a modified device used as a coat or a round handle such as 66. utensil hook attached to the side frame of The lifting tab 29 is a great convenience a door. especially in removing my device from po- Fig. 8 is an elevation and Fig. 9 a plan sition. view of a modification to be used. as a brush As shown in Fig. 4, by forming bracket G or broom support. on one side of the middle of C, longer or Fig. 10 is a plan view of another modified; shorter curtain shades such as B can be ac- 4 brush. support. commodated, merely by turning the holder In the drawings, A represents a wooden end for end. 0 casing such as are on each side of a window. In Fig. 7 holder has claws 71 which It has the sides lOand 11 and front 12. hold it to frame A and has a hook 72 stamped B represents a shade roller of a common ou of its b y- 50 construction having at each end trunnions Figs. 8 and 9 show a sheet metal bowed such as 2. One of these is generally round elastic body having claws 81 and 82 and 1 and the other squared. supporting projections 83 and 84 stamped C is my holder which is formed of an from body 80. elastic sheet of metal bowed outwardly and Fig. 10 shows a body with claws 91 and 92 and projections 93 and 94: of a slightly difierent shape, shown as not stamped but attached to body 90 by rivets 95, 95.

1 claim:

1. A shade holder formed of elastic sheet metal bowed outwardly and bent inwardly at each end to form claws each terminating in points which point substantially towards each other and having a shade bracket stamped from the metal and bent outwardly, together with a lifting also stamped from and bent outwardly from the metal.

2. A holder formed of elastic sheet metal bowed outwardly and bent inwardly at each end to form claws each terminating; in points which p t substantially towards each othe and having a supporting projection stamped from the metal and bent outwardly, together with a lifting tab also stamped from and bent outwardly from the metal.

o. A holder formed ofelastic sheet metal bowed outwardly and bent inwardly at each end to form claws which point substantially point substantially towards each other andhavlng' a supporting prmectron stampedfroin the metal and extending outwardly so that its free end is substantially at one side of the middle linebetween said claws.

7 his GEORGE LEFEBVRE.

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